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1942 Santa Ana Army Air Base Flyers football team

The 1942 Santa Ana Army Air Base Flyers football team represented the United States Army Air Forces's Santa Ana Army Air Base (Santa Ana AAB or SAAAB), located near Santa Ana, California, during the 1942 college football season. Garrett Arbelbide served as the team's head coach for the first three games of the season. In mid-October, he was succeeded by Lieutenant Bobby Decker, who installed a T formation offense. Marty Brill was an assistant coach for the team.[1] Santa Ana AAB's roster included Homer Beatty, George Bernhardt, Dick Danehe, Dick Horne, Joe Margucci, and Tony Tonelli.

1942 Santa Ana Army Air Base Flyers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
  • Garrett Arbelbide (1st season; first 3 games)
  • Bobby Decker (1st season, final 5 games)
Home stadiumSanta Ana Municipal Bowl
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 military service football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Second Air Force   –   11 – 0 – 1
No. 9 Manhattan Beach Coast Guard   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 17 March Field   –   11 – 2 – 0
No. 3 Georgia Pre-Flight   –   7 – 1 – 1
No. 4 North Carolina Pre-Flight   –   8 – 2 – 1
No. 6 Jacksonville NAS   –   9 – 3 – 0
No. 1 Great Lakes Navy   –   8 – 3 – 1
No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight   –   7 – 3 – 1
No. 15 Fort Riley   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 14 Fort Monmouth   –   5 – 2 – 2
No. 5 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight   –   6 – 3 – 1
No. T–20 Fort Douglas   –   5 – 3 – 0
No. 10 Corpus Christi NAS   –   4 – 3 – 1
No. 16 Camp Davis   –   4 – 3 – 2
Albuquerque AAB   –   5 – 4 – 0
No. 13 Lakehurst NAS   –   4 – 4 – 1
Santa Ana AAB   –   4 – 4 – 0
Will Rogers AB   –   4 – 4 – 0
No. 7 Camp Grant   –   4 – 5 – 0
No. 8 Pensacola NAS   –   3 – 5 – 1
No. T–18 Fort Totten   –   3 – 5 – 1
Camp Pickett   –   1 – 6 – 0
No. 12 Fort Knox   –   2 – 6 – 0
Alameda Coast Guard   –   1 – 7 – 1
No. T–18 Spence Field   –   0 – 4 – 0
No. T–20 Daniel Field   –   0 – 6 – 0
Rankings from AP Service Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 132:15 p.m.at Hollywood Bears
L 26–345,000[2][3][4][5]
September 272:15 p.m.Los Angeles Bulldogs
W 19–73,500[6][7][8]
October 102:15 p.m.at Whittier
W 27–13[9][10]
October 182:00 p.m.vs. Mather Field
W 7–03,000[11][12]
October 242:15 p.m.at Nevada
L 0–3[13][14][15]
October 31at Arizona State
W 40–0[16][17]
November 82:00 p.m.vs. Saint Mary's Pre-Flight
L 0–5912,000[18][19][20]
November 152:15 p.m.at Loyola (CA)
  • Gilmore Stadium
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–135,000[21][22]

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References edit

  1. ^ "Lt. Decker To Coach Air Base". Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana, California. October 13, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  2. ^ Smyser, Bob (September 13, 1942). "Bears Encounter Santa Ana Army Flyers Here Today". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 11, part II. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ Smyser, Bob (September 14, 1942). "Bears Overcome Flyers in Grid Battle, 34-26". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 17, part I. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ Smyser, Bob (September 14, 1942). "Bears Come From Behind to Whip Santa Ana Team, 34-26 (continued)". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 19, part I. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ West, Eddie (September 14, 1942). "Army May Play Bulldogs Here Next". Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana, California. p. 6. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Army Hopes To Beat Heavier Bulldogs With Passes". Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana, California. September 26, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Army, 19-7 Victor, Seeks Sunday Foe". Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana, California. September 28, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "More On Football (continued)". Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana, California. September 28, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "Air Base Favored Over Whittier". Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana, California. October 9, 1942. p. 10. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Santa Ana Flyers Crush Poets". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 11, 1942. p. 13, part II. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "Air Base Faces Mather Field Eleven". Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana, California. October 17, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  12. ^ Hennion, Tom (October 19, 1942). "Santa Ana Fliers Defeat Mather, 7-0". Ventura County Star-Free Press. Santa Ana, California. p. 6. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  13. ^ "Famous Grid Figures Play Here Today". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 24, 1942. p. 10. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  14. ^ "Nevada Beats Army Eleven". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 25, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  15. ^ "Motley's Field Goal Wins For Nevada (continued)". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 25, 1942. p. S1. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  16. ^ "Army Fliers Invade Tempe For Grid Battle Tonight". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. October 31, 1942. p. 2, section 2. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  17. ^ "Coast Fliers Trounce Tempe, 40-0". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. November 1, 1942. p. 1, section 4. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  18. ^ Dyer, Braven (November 8, 1942). "Navy Preflights Face Air Base Grid Today". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 19, part I. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  19. ^ Dyer, Braven (November 9, 1942). "Navy Routs Army, 59-0". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 19, part I. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  20. ^ Dyer, Braven (November 9, 1942). "Army Routed by Preflights (continued)". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 21, part I. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  21. ^ Smyser, Bob (November 15, 1942). "Loyola Faces Santa Ana Flyers". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 12, part II. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  22. ^ "Fresno State Outclasses Loyola Gridders, 27-6". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 30, 1942. p. II-9. Retrieved February 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  23. ^ Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. pp. 120–121. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.
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